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COLUMBIA, Mo. (ABP) — When does the new year begin? For Christians observing the church calendar, it began with the start of Advent on Dec. 2. The traditional Christian season of Advent, which begins four Sundays before Christmas, is to…

TRENTON, N.J. (ABP) — Stating his firm opposition to what he called “state-endorsed killing,” New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) has signed into law a legislative ban on capital punishment — the nation's first in decades. Shortly before he signed…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Republican presidential candidates appeal to fears over immigration in the primary campaigns at the risk of alienating an important constituency – conservative Hispanics – religious leaders in several early primary states said Dec. 17. In a…

(ABP) — On a recent trip to my hometown, I was surprised to hear some beautiful Russian Orthodox music performed by the “Singing Christmas Tree” in my childhood Southern Baptist church in North Carolina. Perhaps I should clarify this. I…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — A decision by Missouri Baptist Convention leaders to cut off funding for certain new church starts has set off a firestorm of protest and further widened a rift among conservative Baptists in the state. The…

DALLAS (ABP) — Repeated exposure to video violence — particularly interactive games — influences aggressive behavior more than drug use, poverty or domestic abuse, a University of Michigan researcher has asserted. In fact, the correlation between media violence and aggression…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Forty Iraqi children will receive funding this year from Christian organizations trying to ensure they receive an education. Millions of Iraqis have fled to Jordan and Syria to escape ongoing violence in Iraq. Most arrive with only…

ATLANTA (ABP) — At dinner one night in Cairo, Egypt, Chaouki Boulos invited a restaurant waiter named Mario to the final night of a four-day “Celebrate Jesus” rally. The next night, Mario joined nearly 900 people at the rally, heard…

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Doris Wefwafwa, a student-assistant volleyball coach at Campbellsville University and former volleyball All-American, died unexpectedly Dec. 10. Wefwafwa, a resident of Kenya, was 34. Wefwafwa died at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky., after a brief…

JOHNSTON, Iowa (ABP) — The newest front-runner in the Republican presidential campaign responded to newfound scrutiny Dec. 12, reportedly apologizing for what critics called an anti-Mormon crack. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, apologized to former Massachusetts…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Negotiating the dicey waters of presidential diplomacy would be easier than resolving differences between various Baptist groups, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said in a recent campaign appearance. This is the same Mike Huckabee who last…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Trennis Henderson, editor of Kentucky's Baptist-affiliated Western Recorder newspaper, has accepted a position as vice president for communications at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark. His resignation will take effect March 1. The Western Recorder board…